by Brian Krebs
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“The Hannaford Bros. supermarket chain said Monday that a breach of its computer systems may have given criminals access to more than four million credit and debit cards issued by nearly 70 banks nationwide. While the banks appear all but ready to blame Hannaford for failing to follow payment card industry standards on security, there are signs that this may be the first of many cases to surface this year wherein the affected retailer was hacked even though it appeared to be following all of the security rules laid out by the credit card associations…
“Indeed, attackers appear to be exploiting the letter - if not the spirit - of the payment card industry standards, said Tom Kellerman, vice president of security awareness at Core Security. Kellerman said many retailers not only fail to encrypt financial data while it is being moved around inside the stores, but they also fail to understand that encrypting data is meaningless if the merchant doesn't also harden the security of the computers that power the point of sale systems.”
Source: Washingtonpost.com
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